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Innovation Prizes
Do you have an idea that could transform the agriculture, fisheries and food sector?
Apply for an Innovation Prize and receive up to €10,000 of equity-free funding.
Competition Process
The Innovation Prizes competition is one of Europe's largest startup competitions in the agrifood sector. Prizes are awarded to entrepreneurs and early-stage startups to support the development of new products and services which can help transform our food system; making it healthier, more sustainable and more trusted.
This year, the Innovation Prizes are open to entrepreneurs and startups from across the whole of Europe. Additional prizes are available for entrepreneurs based in Eastern and Southern Europe, through the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS).
In each of the seventeen live finals, there will be a €10,000 and €5,000 prize available. There are fifteen live Demo Day finals for applicants from RIS countries (one per country listed below); and general live Demo Day finals for all other applicants.
In addition to the cash prizes, participating startups will benefit from access to investors, high-quality training and our community of mentors and experts.
We welcome applications from those who meet the following eligibility criteria:
Any resident, citizen or legal entity based in an EU Member State or associated countries;
To be considered eligible for the Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) competition, the applicant must be a citizen and/or resident of Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Italy or Greece.
The proposed products or services must align with one or more of our strategic objectives:
Making the food system better for people's health;
Making the food system better for the environment;
Making the food system more trusted and transparent.
Applications open 1 April – 12 May 2019 midnight CET via F6S website
Evaluations 13 May – 24 May 2019. The finalists will be announced shortly afterwards.
17 live finals will be held between June and September 2019 as follows:
General Innovation Prize Demo Days
Stuttgart, Germany: 26 June 2019
Aarhus, Denmark: 6 September 2019
Regional Innovation Scheme (RIS) Demo Days
Croatia: 13th of June, Osijek
Czech Republic: 18/19th of June, Prague
Estonia: 26th of August, Tallin
Greece: 7-11 September, Thessaloniki
Hungary: 27th of June, Budapest
Italy: 19th of July, Bari
Latvia: 5th of September, Riga
Lithuania: 18th of June, Kaunas
Poland: 24th of June, Warsaw
Portugal: 17-18 July, Lisbon
Romania: 12th of September
Slovenia: 20th of June, Ljubljana
Slovakia: 17th of September,Nitra
Spain: 3rd October,Bilbao
Turkey: 18-19 September, Istanbul
Please refer to the competition Terms and Conditions for full details about the competition process and eligibility.
Q: What is RIS?
A: RIS stands for Regional Innovation Scheme, which is a special funding scheme to support entrepreneurs and startups located in Eastern and Southern Europe. It is only available for residents and/or citizens of one of the following countries: Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, Italy, Greece.
Q: I applied and became a finalist of the EIT Food RIS Innovation Grants/Entrepreneurship Prizes in 2018. Can I still apply for the Innovation Prizes?
A: Yes, you can! However, winners of 2018 edition of EIT Food RIS Innovation Grants/Entrepreneurship Prizes will be considered ineligible, please read the complete eligibility criteria in the Terms and Conditions.
Q: When and where will the Demo Days happen?
A: Demo Days dates and locations are listed above and will also be updated at www.f6s.com/innovationprizes
Q: Do I have to take part in the Demo Day?
A: Yes, you do. A minimum of one member of your team must participate in the Demo Day and accompanying training. However, the more, the merrier!
Q: Which of the 17 live demo day locations should I apply for?
A: Applicants based in RIS countries should apply for the scheme taking place in their country of residence. All other applicants can choose to participate in the demo day taking place in either Germany or Denmark.
Q: What does the training that accompanies the Demo Day consist of?
A: The training will be tailored to the needs of the startups participating. However, likely topics include pitch training, building strong relationships with investors, effective communication, funding sources and marketing.
Q: What stage of idea/startups is this competition for?
A: There is no exact formula for this. However, startups should note that this programme is aimed at early-stage entrepreneurs and startups. If you have raised large amounts of investment (i.e. more than €100,000) or have large revenue streams (i.e. more than €50,000), this Prize is probably not for you. In fact, one of the criteria that your application will be judged upon is whether the Innovation Prize will be 'catalytic' in your startup's success. If you wish to discuss the individual situation of your startup, please contact us.
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Survivors deserve help in ending sexual assault
Photo Credit: Joshua Guerra | Daily Texan Staff
Published on April 14, 2017 at 12:17 am
By Kirk Watson
Sexual assault is shockingly common on college campuses.
According to a recent survey from the University of Texas System, 15 percent of female undergraduate students reported being raped since enrolling at UT-Austin. That frightening finding is consistent with national research on the prevalence of sexual assault, which illustrates that this crisis is affecting all our institutions of higher education.
To stop sexual assault on campus, it's clear we need to take concrete steps to change the culture. We need to better educate all students about consent and respecting sexual intimacy, while protecting survivors and empowering them to come forward.
This session, I filed several bills in the Texas Senate that tackle all these different facets of the sexual assault crisis.
Two of my bills — Senate Bill 969 and Senate Bill 968 — remove barriers to reporting sexual assault.
Senate Bill 969 encourages sexual assault survivors and witnesses to report without fear of campus authorities penalizing them for minor alcohol related offenses or student conduct code violations that may have occurred ancillary to the incident.
Senate Bill 968 requires institutions to provide an electronic option for students and employees to report an incident of sexual assault, dating violence, sexual harassment or stalking. The electronic option must include the opportunity to report anonymously.
Both of those bills flew out of the Senate and are now awaiting a committee hearing in the House of Representatives.
A third bill, Senate Bill 970, proved to be much more controversial. As filed, the legislation required that all institutions of higher education in Texas — both public and private — adopt an affirmative consent standard. Affirmative consent establishes that yes means yes, but the absence of no does not mean yes.
Affirmative consent policies are extremely important in cases where the survivor was unconscious, incapacitated or drugged — such as in the case involving the Stanford swimmer that made national headlines last summer — and are essential to ensuring that survivors can hold perpetrators accountable.
Many institutions across Texas have already adopted affirmative consent principles, which establish that consent is given through "words or actions that clearly demonstrate a knowing and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity."
When my bills were heard in committee, a number of incredibly brave survivors of campus sexual assault came to tell their stories and support my legislation, testifying that the affirmative consent standard would protect others.
But I was forced to drop the affirmative consent provision because committee members wouldn't accept it. I'll keep working to help my colleagues understand the importance of affirmative consent.
Even so, there are good things left in SB 970, including a requirement that private institutions develop a sexual assault policy just as public institutions must do. All schools must create a public awareness campaign to ensure the campus community knows about the sexual assault policy.
If we're going to change the culture on campus, we should start with changing state law to respect and protect survivors. With these bills, I'm hopeful that we're opening some eyes and minds.
Watson represents Austin in the Texas Senate.

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CAB is back to haunt NE states
The controversial Citizenship (Amendment) Bill (CAB) is back to haunt the North East region. The ruling BJP promised during elections that they will pass the CAB if voted back to power. Home Minister Amit Shah in various forums has also made it clear that the BJP will pass the bill come whatever. Keeping in mind the West Bengal and Assam assembly elections in mind, the saffron party will make every effort to bring in the CAB. A large chunk of Hindu Bangladeshi refugees living in these two states form the BJP vote bank. The party wants to capitalize on this by passing the CAB, which will open up granting of Indian citizenships to them.
The indigenous people of the North East region oppose the CAB as they fear that these refugees will outnumber locals once granted citizenship. Massive number of refugees, including Hindus and Buddhists from Bangladesh are already living in various North East states. The last time the Central government tried to pass the CAB, people of the North East region stood up and bitterly opposed it. This time is expected to be no different.
The North East Students' Organization has said it is going to intensify its movement against the implementation of the CAB by staging protests across the capitals of the North East states on 18 November. Various opposition political parties too are opposing the Bill. In Arunachal Pradesh, once the CAB is passed, the Chakma-Hajong refugees will get Indian citizenship. This may make things very complicated and chances of conflict between the indigenous people and new settlers are very high. The Government of India cannot afford to brush aside the concerns raised by the indigenous communities of the North East region. Peace has returned to the region after much difficulty. By pushing for the CAB without addressing the concerns of the indigenous people, they are threatening peace and stability of the region.
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Q: Norm 1 projection in a $C^*$-algebra On a Hilbert space, it is known that projections have a norm greater than 1 (except $0$), and that those of norm 1 are exactly the orthogonal projections.
Most of the proofs I have seen use the Hilbert space, either a specific vector in it, or $\ker p$, or ${\rm im\,}P$.
I was wondering if we could prove this in a general $C^*$-algebra (when there are non trivial projections), not using an underlying Hilbert space (given by a GNS construction).
For example, the implication "orthogonal projection implies norm 1 (or 0)" works in a general $C^*$-algebra because
$$\|x\| = \|x^2\| = \|x^{*} x\| = \|x\|^2 \Rightarrow \|x\| \in \{0,1\}$$
I have not been able to prove the converse without using a Hilbert space.
So I have a norm 1 projection $x$, I am pretty sure I need to work inside the $C^*$-algebra $C(x)$ generated by $x$ and its adjoint.
The fact that $\|x\| = \underset{y \in C(x), \|y\|=1}\sup \|xy\| = \underset{y \in C(x), \|y\|=1}\sup \|yx\|$ (attained for $y = x^*$) might be useful.
Any help would be appreciated.

A: We have $\|x\|=1$, $x^2=x$. Write $x=a+ib$, with $a,b$ selfadjoint. The equality $x^2=x$ is now
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a=a^2-b^2, \ \ \ b=ab+ba.
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The eve of free agency carries with it the promise of new fortune. When the annual spending spree launches in earnest tomorrow, it will bring life-changing pay raises to dozens of younger players. A number of other fourth-year players, meanwhile, will enjoy more modest pay increases in the coming season due to an aspect of the collective bargaining agreement called the Proven Performance Escalator.
Best & Worst Contracts 2014: Arizona Cardinals
We continue our look at the best and worst veteran contracts on each team with the Arizona Cardinals
Best Contract: John Abraham
Only four players from the 2000 draft remain active in the NFL. Three of them—Tom Brady, Sebastian Janikowski, and Shane Lechler—play positions at which longevity for high performers is not unusual. The fourth, Abraham, has been a model of health on the back end of his career, playing in 110 of his teams' last 112 regular season games at a more physically rigorous position.
Last off-season, Atlanta decided that despite coming off a ten-sack season, and despite 32.5 sacks over the previous three seasons combined, Abraham did not merit his scheduled $7 million in compensation. Several teams showed interest, but he ultimately inked with Arizona for a meager $4.6 million over two years.
For that paltry investment, Abraham put opponent quarterbacks on the ground 11.5 times last year, the fourth-highest sack total of his illustrious career. Despite modest escalation of his 2014 compensation to $3 million plus makeable incentives—and despite a potential suspension due to pending DUI charges—he represents great value yet again if he can dip into that fountain of youth one more time.
Worst Contract: Larry Fitzgerald
Believe me when I say that it breaks my heart to pick Fitzgerald in this spot. He was without a doubt the greatest athlete I witnessed as a student at the University of Pittsburgh, and when his NFL career finally winds down, the Hall of Fame surely awaits. Moreover, Arizona has doled out a number of iffy deals over the years, and I'd much rather write about almost any other.
But that seven-year, $113 million extension is too nutso to overlook, and it was from the moment he signed it. At the time, the top of the wideout market touched maybe $11 million per year; Arizona not only reset the bar for the position by nearly half over again, but they managed to create a new class of contracts for all elite non-quarterback players. It's one thing to do that for a player like Calvin Johnson just entering his prime, and another for a veteran with as much wear on his body as Fitzgerald. It seemed clear at the time that he wouldn't play out more than a few seasons at best before the dollars grew out of whack with his ability to stay productive.
Yes, he possessed all the leverage in negotiations going back to his ill-configured rookie contract, which led to a no-franchise clause in his robust second contract, which led to the insanity of his current deal. Yes, following the 2010 season he put on display maybe the most dominant postseason performance that I've ever witnessed by any player at any position. Yes, he is the best thing to happen to Arizona Cardinals football since the founding of the State of Arizona, the invention of the sport of football, or the evolution of the cardinal. Those details fade when a combination of age and surrounding talent reduce his performance to the merely mortal, and the baggage of his contract looms heavy over the present and future roster composition of his team.
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Up next in our look at the best and worst contracts on each roster are the Baltimore Ravens.
Best Contract: Marshal Yanda
A good contract is often a gift that keeps on giving. Even as the guard market has eroded somewhat, the deal signed by Yanda three years ago affords the Ravens top-level play at a price millions below the top of the positional market. This holds true in terms of this year's cap cost, cash cost, and average salary per year.
The deal offers a good example of the effect that draft status as a rookie has on later contract negotiations. Yanda, a former third-rounder, hit unrestricted free agency and commanded notably less than his linemate Ben Grubbs—a former first-rounder, but of no greater accomplishment or acclaim—managed a year later.
Worst Contract: Ray Rice
From a purely contractual standpoint, quarterback Joe Flacco retains the title of worst contract in Baltimore. All of the circumstances that led to his predictably getting wildly overpaid don't change just how badly mismatched his compensation now is with the level of play that he routinely provides, nor how handcuffed the Ravens have left themselves moving forward with the structure of the deal. It's in contention for the worst active NFL contract, period.
But off-the-field circumstances have shed light on another problematic Baltimore contract. Ray Rice was fortunate to sign a new deal seemingly moments before the bottom completely dropped out of the running back market. At the time, he felt that he was being unfairly squeezed to take only $35 million over five years, but in retrospect the deal proved to be head, shoulders, and probably also waist above just about every subsequent contract given out to a running back.
In exchange for what he believed at the time to be a paltry average per year, Rice received an exceptionally favorable payout structure. It has been common among Baltimore's big deals to front-load the payout via big signing and option bonuses, while back-loading the cap hits, and Rice's deal was probably the most extreme example. Through a $15 million signing bonus and a $7 million year-two option, the contract paid out more than 71% of its total cash value in the first two years, while accounting for less than 31% of the resulting cap consumption.
Combined with low base salaries throughout, the result is a deal that doesn't offer a cap benefit to terminate, shockingly, until 2016, the last of the five covered years. Even in year four, $9.5 million in potential dead money looms. This especially poses a problem in a situation like that in which Rice found himself recently, in enough legal trouble to reflect poorly on the organization, but not enough to actually let them off the hook from their contractual obligations to him. Of course they ultimately stood behind him; they couldn't comfortably afford to cut him, so how much choice did they really have?
2013's Best and Worst Steelers Contracts:
2013 Best Contract: Marshal Yanda (see above)
2013 Worst Contract: Joe Flacco (still on roster; contract still bad)
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We continue our look at the best and worst veteran contracts on each team with the Pittsburgh Steelers.
Best Contract: Heath Miller
It was very tempting to select the contract of quarterback Ben Roethlisberger as the best on the Steelers. A true franchise quarterback making the market rate of six years ago presents an easy target, with only $23.7 million in cash due over the next two years combined. But, a few restructures have bloated the cap hits somewhat in these last years, though they still fall below what has become the going rate for even lesser quarterbacks since that time. And he's likely looking at a new contract in line with that going rate no later than next off-season.
Mostly, though, it's just not a very interesting pick. Heath Miller entered this off-season as one of six Steelers sporting a cap charge greater than $9 million, all of whom had to be considered strong candidates for contract adjustment of one sort or another to help Pittsburgh's tight situation. Entering the final year of the big-money extension he signed in 2009, Miller stood to earn $6.02 million under that existing deal. Not only did he accept a two-year extension at a reduced rate—$4 million per year in new money, compared to $6.75 million per year under the previous deal—he took the deal while receiving no new money in 2014, nor guarantees beyond this season.
Miller played one of his least impressive pro seasons in 2013 as he recovered from an ACL tear suffered in late December of 2012. But as the 2013 season progressed, he rediscovered his rapport with Roethlisberger and cemented his importance to offensive coordinator Todd Haley's designs. Even so hampered, Miller produced the 14th-most receiving yards by a tight end on fewer targets than any of the 13 players above him. Unlike many, Miller plays a true two-way game, a strong blocker in the Jason Witten mold with soft hands and an ability to get open, and serves as a quiet low-maintenance leader that every team could use.
The Steelers turned his slated $6.02 million base salary into a $1.02 million base, paying the remaining $5 million as a signing bonus over the two new years of the extension. At $4 million in base salary in each new season, Miller's cap number now hovers around $6 million in all three years. There's ample reason to believe that 2013 represented a speed bump on his return to form from injury, and at age 31, he stands a strong chance to play out the extension in its entirety as a valued and productive member of the team.
Worst Contract: Jason Worilds
Rush linebacker Jason Worilds enjoyed a good bit of opportunity over his first three years as injuries repeatedly struck the Steelers' starters, but in those opportunities he produced very little. His few sacks mostly came when the defensive scheme left him uncovered, and he showed woefully little impact versus the run, especially compared to the stout duo of Harrison and Woodley.
Fortune smiled upon him, though, and presented his most extensive opportunity in his contract year of 2013, and he turned in what has handily been the best season of his young career. Moreover, he looked notably more effective on Woodley's left side than he ever did filling in for Harrison on the right. Still, his performance fell well below the healthy standards of either of those two.
Needing to fill the void left by both of those far more accomplished linebackers, the Steelers elected to place the transition tag on Worilds prior to free agency this year. If you need any evidence how much more the $9.754 million tender offered than Worilds is actually worth, look no further than how quickly he signed it rather than exercise his right to shop himself to 31 other teams. His agent had ample time to feel out the market prior to free agency, and I see no chance that he jumped on the tender with anything like Paul Kruger's inflated $8.1 million a year available elsewhere.
In my estimation, with just half of a pretty good season under his belt in four years, Worilds was looking at no more than $6.5 million per year on a long-term deal. Now with the leverage of the tender, he has limited incentive to take a reasonable deal, so they'll likely have to overpay significantly if they want to retain him long-term. And if they don't retain him long-term, they'll have overpaid significantly for a single season from a player who has been mediocre at best to this point.
I often hear a sentiment that a one-year deal can't be all that bad, as it only runs for that short term and offers an opportunity for a clean break. But how much overpayment is that really worth? A long-term deal may have required somewhat more guaranteed dollars, in the range of 150% to double the transition tag amount, but at least such a deal offers long-term upside. A one-year tender only protects against the very worst of possible outcomes: that the player performs so badly that the team wants to cut ties after just a year. In just about any other case, it will prove to have been considerably inferior.
2013 Best Contract: Ryan Clark (contract expired; signed with Redskins)
2013 Worst Contract: LaMarr Woodley (contract terminated; signed with Raiders)
LaMarr Woodley Restructures Contract
Steelers linebacker LaMarr Woodley becomes the latest player out of Pittsburgh to have his contract restructured in an effort to create room under the salary cap for the team to operate. The move was likely prompted in part by the need to account for restricted free agent tenders in the amount of $1.323 million issued to wide receiver Emmanuel Sanders, running backs Jonathan Dwyer and Isaac Redman, and nose tackle Steve McLendon.
Based on the reduction of his scheduled $9 million base salary to $3.6 million, Woodley likely had the difference of $5.4 million converted to a signing bonus and prorated for cap purposes over the remaining four years of his deal. This drops his 2013 cap hit by $4.05 million, to $9.19 million. The cap hits in the remaining years of his deal grow to $13.59 million (2014), $14.09 million (2015), and $11.99 million (2016).
View Woodley's cap page


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Q: I design a div in photoshop, but the html is messy I design this div in the photoshop where it looks well, but my html is messy. Here is the design:

And this is what happend when i tried to write html and css of it:

As you can see, the images (left and right) are not shown, and the text is up.
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This is the html:

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This is CSS:
@font-face {
    font-family:'ReformaNarrowMedium';
    src:url(http://rcs.mako.co.il/fonts/reformaNarrow/reformanarrowmediumwebfont.eot);
    src:url(http://rcs.mako.co.il/fonts/reformaNarrow/reformanarrowmediumwebfont.eot?#iefix) format("embedded-opentype"),url(http://rcs.mako.co.il/fonts/reformaNarrow/reformanarrowmediumwebfont.woff) format("woff"),url(http://rcs.mako.co.il/fonts/reformaNarrow/reformanarrowmediumwebfont.ttf) format("truetype");
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    position:absolute !important;
    top:0;
    left:1px;
    width:100%;
    min-height:59px;
    z-index:20000;
    padding:0 0 20px;
    text-align:center;
    background:url(http://rcs.mako.co.il/images/common/alertStrip_bg.png) center bottom no-repeat
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    font-family:ReformaNarrowMedium,ArialBoldResized,Arial;
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#alert_strip.hide {
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    position:fixed !important;
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    width:778px;
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    background:#c91010 !important;
    margin:0 auto;
    padding:0;
    position:relative;
    color:#f2f2f2;
    right:1px;
    line-height:normal;
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What should i do to fix this issue?

A: this could be a better approach.
Fiddle http://jsfiddle.net/robcabrera/j9wU9/
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 width:778px;
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 padding:0;
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 overflow:hidden
}

#alert_strip span {
 float:right;
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Jamie Dupree, pictured above is a political reporter. He got his start in the 1980s and by 1992 was covering presidential campaigns. For the most part, Dupree worked in radio — he worked for Atlanta-based Cox Media Group, which operates a few dozen stations across the country. That was true throughout most of the 2016 presidential campaign, but something changed. Dupree lost his voice.
It wasn't laryngitis, though. And it wasn't temporary.
In March of 2016, while the election was in full swing, Dupree and family went on vacation to London — think of it as a pre-convention reprieve — and he intended to resume reporting upon his return. But the vacation turned into a medical nightmare. As CNN reported, "he was struck down by a stomach bug" which got worse as he returned home; his symptoms expanded to include "constant diarrhea, a racing pulse, and general malaise." And then, it hit his meal ticket — his voice. it "had suddenly become breathy, squeaky, unreliable," and talking made it worse — "when Dupree opened his mouth to talk, his tongue would thrust out against his will. The more he tried to talk, the more it protruded, making it impossible to express himself." That's a big problem for a radio reporter — and doctors were stumped.
When he finally found out what was wrong with him in 2017, it wasn't good news. Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic diagnosed him with focal dystonia, and specifically, tongue displacement dystonia. Focal dystonia, generally, is a neurological condition which results in involuntary muscle contractions, in effect causing the afflicted to lose some control over the associated body part. In the case of Dupree, the malfunctioning muscle was his tongue, making speaking difficult. (It's not a coincidence that Dupree's dystonia hit him where it mattered professionally; that's often the case with dystonia, as seen in this list.) With a pen in his mouth to help keep his tongue back, Dupree can slowly muddle his way through sentences, but they come out slurred and difficult to understand, as seen in this video. Suffice it to say that he couldn't take that voice onto the radio. Without a solution, his radio career seemed over.
But today — June 18, 2018 — Dupree is back on the air. He'll just have a slightly different voice.
Bonus fact: The tone of one's voice can be so powerful, marketers can use it to make subtle inferences which, they hope, only register on a subconscious level. One notable example: drug companies. Per STAT, a website focused on the news of the medical world, drug ads almost always have two narrators — a steady, confident one which tells about the affliction the drug treats, and a calm, soothing one which prattles off an extraordinarily long list of potential side effects. The goal — and a typically effective one — is to get consumers to not worry about the side effects which the manufacturers are legally mandated to disclose.
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Q: Going from individual elements back to to matrix/vector notation
Note: Moved to math.stackexchange.com. Sorry for the off-topic question!

[Context: I'm working through problem set one of Andrew Ng's Machine Learning course, question 2, trying to derive the Hessian myself. My trouble, though, is with the simple linear algebra. I'll ignore the regularization parameters in my question to keep things simple.]
I can find $H_{jk}$ by taking partial derivatives of the original function with respect to $j$ and $k$. I've worked it through to the point where I know that $H_{jk} = \sum_{i=1}^m d_i X_{ij} X_{ik}$, and I know the answer is that $H = X^TDX$.
($d$ is a vector of reals, $H$, $X$ and $D$ are $m \times m$ matrices, $D$ diagonal with $D_{ii} = d_i$.)
It's easy for me to verify that $H = X^TDX$ gives $H_{jk} = \sum_{i=1}^m d_i X_{ij} X_{ik}$. But I don't "see" how to go easily in the opposite direction.
1) Is there a method, or a set of rules to memorize, or a way of talking through it that would make it easy, or do I just need to do enough basic linear algebra homework to start to recognize patterns?
2) Am I doing it wrong by breaking it down and deriving $H_{jk}$? Are there tricks for taking these kind of derivatives (which involve logs and exponentials) over the whole matrix at once?

A: I'm not sure, but it seems to me you're done!:
$H_{jk}=\sum_{i=1}^m d_i X_{ij} X_{ik}=\sum_{i=1}^m X^T_{ji} D_{ii} X_{ik}$.
Where, as you mention $D_{ii}=d_i$, is a diagonal matrix, therefore:
$H_{jk} =\sum_{i=1}^m \sum_{l=1}^m \sum_{n=1}^m  X^T_{jl} D_{ln} X_{nk}=X^TDX$.


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No add-ons. Requires manual coding and setup.
Ecwid is different from other shopping cart software in that it works with your existing site. You will need to do some HTML editing on your own, but the process is straightforward and easy to manage.
Establishing a web store requires several layers beginning with a serviceable web site. After that you need inventory and a fulfillment provider, and finally you need the ecommerce software that'll let customers find you and buy. That's where Ecwid comes in. Starting at $15 per month when paid annually, Ecwid is unlike most of the competition we reviewed because it's neither overly simple nor is it delivered as a cloud-managed service. While that means some integration and ease of use difficulties that place it slightly behind our Editors' Choice winners, PinnacleCart and Shopify, Ecwid is still a powerful platform whose customization capabilities will appeal strongly to more experienced web professionals.
To get the most out of Ecwid, simply setup your site via any reputable web hosting provider, then install Ecwid (short for "e-commerce widgets" and pronounced "eck-wid," if you're curious) on it. After that, you're ready to get started customizing and presenting your wares. While the back-end interface to manage the store is simple to use, getting started with the storefront does require some manual setup and a willingness to muck around with the guts of the software. That may not be what most merchants sign up for when they decide to sell online but, if you're game, Ecwid is a solid choice.
Keep in mind that PinnacleCart and Shopify are hosted services. The files live on the companies' servers, and, if you have your own business website, you point to those servers for your store. Again, Ecwid isn't accessed via the cloud; you buy an instance and it lives on your site. You cut and paste the Ecwid code into a file saved on your web host. Ecwid supports a number of plug-ins to make it easy to integrate with other sites, such as Drupal, Facebook, Joomla, Twitter, Wix, and WordPress. However, it's still a full-featured enough solution to provide solid order and inventory management tools along with the ability to collect payments.
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Iron Man 3, terrorism, and the effectiveness of Robert Downey Jr.'s multimedia marketing
Iron Man 3 makes most sense if one thinks of it not as a movie, but as the skillful marketing of a brand. Robert Downey Jr. lends his expertise as an actor to provide a mildly subversive human face to this product line, and in many ways his performance in the movie (as well as his equally important Comic-Con appearances, worldwide promotional tours, etc.) resembles that of a politician satisfying the demands of his constituents, or a film executive making a presentation to his stockholders. I was struck by just how comfortable film executives at Marvel (Walt Disney Company) are with the entire Iron Man franchise. One can find them quoted in the May 10th Entertainment Weekly within the cover article subtly entitled "Stark Raving Awesome" (no editorial bias there): "I believe there will be a fourth Iron Man film and a fifth and a sixth and a 10th and a 20th," as if they have found the eternal profitable formula (superhero mechanic know-how, Avenger buddies, Downey's charming snark, robots, and Gwyneth Paltrow).
I learned of how important marketing is to Downey with the help of an article by Isaac Chotiner entitled "The Robert Downey Jr. Rehab Program." As he writes:
"More than one person who knows him told me that Downey deliberately channels his manic intensity into the financial side of movie making. 'I made it my business to educate myself,' he explained to one interviewer. He is involved in every aspect of his films, from tinkering with screenplays to marketing strategy to developing new consumer bases for his franchises. A year ago, he gave an interview an obscure magazine called Success, apparently for no reason other than the sheer enjoyment he derives from discussing the intricacies of multi-platform initiatives. 'The thing is,' he observed, when explaining his acting choices, 'you're either involved in a certain product design that's a one-off, or you're involved in a product line.'"
I didn't care much for the first two Iron Man films, but once I learned to look at the most recent manifestation of the franchise as a 2 hour and 15 minute advertisement for a second tier Marvel figure, then Iron Man 3 proved surprisingly pleasant to sit through. One need only view the movie as a visual code for self-promotion. How does it enhance the Tony Stark product line, with a generous amount of journalistic support? I count 5 ways both within the movie and in its external marketing:
1) Journalists help by emphasizing Downey's problematic past with drug addiction, his many earlier movies that bombed, etc., and noting how he has turned it around. People are invited to feel good about how he has resurrected his career.
2) Within the movie, Tony Stark spends time with a rabid Tony Stark fan. At one point, Stark needs access to a local news van so that he can broadcast some information. The newsman turns out to be an out-of-control Stark enthusiast, even down to patterning his facial hair from his hero. Stark kindly gives the man his reluctant attention. Are scenes like this designed to serve as a kind of fan service for awestruck devotees in the audience?
3) Stark finds he need the help of a child named Harley (Ty Simpkins) as he researches a bombing in rural Tennessee, thereby taking providing kids in the audience with someone to identify with. One can find many blockbusters that similarly pander to the youth market, such as Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
4) Iron Man 3 emphasizes how terrorists create propaganda to further their agendas. The bin Laden-esque Mandarin villain turns out to be a (mild spoiler alert) carefully constructed media platform, full of fundamentalist Muslim visual tropes on videos that illegally take over American television periodically, all designed to pander to American xenophobia. I am in the midst of reading Stephen Apkon's excellent The Age of the Image: Redefining Literacy in a World of Screens, and one passage seems relevant:
"Even the most radical organizations understand the power of visual media. In 2001, Al Qaeda reversed a decade-long Taliban prohibition on video as it created its own production company, As-Sahab, in order to spread its message and recruit new members. Headed up by the media-savvy disaffected American Adam Gadahn, the company once produced close to a hundred videos a year deep in the mountains bordering Afghanistan and Pakistan. Its reach, though, is global.
Evan Kohlmann . . . had respect for the skill of the As-Sahab productions, even if he finds their content despicable. 'It's actually amazing,' he said. 'You're talking about very, very high-quality video subtitling. You're talking about English translations. Graphic sequences have been done showing rockets being fired into an American flag, and having the American flag exploding into pieces. And it, you know, these are very high-quality videos. They're very dramatic. They get passed around like baseball cards. . . . the video form of expression has become the preferred method for expressing a point of view to an international audience, where a spoken language is not always held in common by interested parties'" (26-7).
5) Lastly, Iron Man 3 affirms the value of multi-media presentations by including scenes that show off what they can do. Aldrich Killian (Guy Pearce) makes a slick 3D presentation to Pepper Potts (Paltrow) of his own brain in a live feed. From the previous Iron Man movies and from The Avengers, we've already gotten used to Stark's research techniques that involve 3D displays of texts and images that evoke Minority Report (2002). In this film, Stark's research into a bombing just gets more elaborate, using his voice and hand gestures to move around a room full floating images (he even uses a 3D version of the crime site to locate some dog tags on the ground).
While still including the usual battle scenes, explosions, robot-battling action, and terrorist torture scenes, Iron Man 3 is also quite open about the rhetorical effectiveness of multimedia. In this light, it makes sense that Colonel James Rhodes (Don Cheadle) has trouble deciding between calling his exoskeleton/armor War Machine or Iron Patriot. Both terms have connotations that the movie takes pains to explore. It's refreshing to see a blockbuster that's somewhat willing to examine its own manipulations.
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FilmDr. - I found the Mandarin to be a very interesting character - darkly humorous, at times shocking. Playing on our Bin Laden angst, and giving him the advantage of human time bombs, he's quite disturbing, and then he turns out to be a depraved Londoner used as a propaganda ruse. That was a nice twist.
Did you stay through the credits? I like how Tony is unburdening himself to Bruce Banner, but Bruce hasn't heard a word of his confessional because he fell asleep.
Thanks, Hokahey,
Yes, I liked the Mandarin too.
What else does one do except stay through the credits? I believe that The Avengers softened me to appreciate Iron Man 3 more than I would have otherwise. There are so many drecky blockbusters to see (or avoid) in the next few months. Iron Man 3 seems relatively banal, even easy on the eyes in comparison, especially when you can admire its promotional savvy.
I'm hoping that the new Wolverine will not fare as well.
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It's no wonder that after sleeping for eight hours, and being without food during the night, our brain and muscles need energy and fuel to function. Breaking this fast with consumption of a healthy meal including protein and fats instead of a high carbohydrate meal has been shown to have the biggest benefit. Research has shown the many benefits of including breakfast in your daily routine. These include weight loss, improved energy and concentration, improved physical endurance, and overall improvement of a quality diet.
A study was conducted on teen's breakfast health habits. It found that those who skipped breakfast were likely to be five pounds heavier than a teen that ate breakfast. They study also concluded that those who skipped breakfast, also made poor food choices throughout the day and experienced a reduced exercise routine. These results may shed light on why the obesity rate for adolescents and teens has nearly tripled over the last two decades. Studies have shown on numerous occasions that consuming breakfast can have a beneficial effect on appetite (what we crave throughout the day), insulin resistance and overall energy metabolism.
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On average American's tend to have one of the worst diets in the world. When picking breakfast items, the food being picked has a tendency to be highly processed and artificial. For example, most children consume sugary breakfast cereal and may follow it down by drinking sugary juices or soda. We also tend to be in a culture where fast and convenient dictate our food options. Some may stop at the local fast food joint to pick up highly oxidized egg options, breakfast burrito, pancakes, bagels or English muffins.
If you are wondering why these grain options are not recommended as a breakfast choice, it's because grains break down into sugar in the body. This ultimately ends with stimulating insulin production causing weight gain, high cholesterol, high blood pressure and possibly diabetes.
What should we be eating for breakfast?
Eggs are a great source of protein and fat for a morning breakfast choice but many people have the misconception regarding the egg and cholesterol connection. Numerous studies have supported that eggs have virtually nothing to do with raising your cholesterol. Some egg studies showed that eating 3 eggs a day for 30 days did increase the cholesterol; however, it did so by producing HDL (good) cholesterol and bigger sized particles of LDL (bad) cholesterol. The larger sized LDL particles had no effect on the ratio between LDL and HDL, which means no major change in coronary risk3. One large egg contains 6 grams of high-quality protein (in both the yolk and the white). The yolk is also a source of zinc, B vitamins, vitamin A, iron, and other nutrients!
Not sure where to start or need further advice? Getting a full comprehensive blood analysis can help determine what exactly you need to be consuming from a dietary and supplement standpoint and also help point out what you need to be avoiding. Working with your natural health care provider can help guide you to make the right choices for what is best for you.
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The Society, founded in 1981, is directed by an elected board and headed by it's president, Mr. Eran Blizovsky. Other members of the board include Vice President Mr. Gidi Weisglass, Secretary General Mr. Yaron Frezy, Treasurer Mr. Hanoch Klerer, Finance Manager Mr. Michael Margalit and the Comptroller, Mr. Ronen Nachman. The president is entitled to assign additional functionaries as required, such as the website manager, a youth division coordinator, an artistic director, and others.
The Society acts to promote the art of magic in Israel and holds quarterly meetings, an annual convention and a national competition, workshops, and is involved is various voluntary activities, runs an active website and chat forum and manages the youth division along with many more activities.
Since 1981, the Society operates as a fellowship and is a member of FISM, the International Federation of Magic Societies, which holds the World Magic Competition once every three years. All member magicians are also members of IUPA (known as EMI), the Israeli Union of Performing Artists.
All administration activities are voluntary and funded by the annual membership, donations and the Holon Municipality's support. The Society represents all magicians in Israel at public authorities, municipalities, cultural bodies and the various fellowships. Members of the Society are highly involved in community activities, especially initiating and organizing voluntary events. The Society of Magicians brings its magic to the community and encourages its members to volunteer for the community.
Quarterly member gatherings in which the magicians attend lectures, performances, dealer booths and exchange information. Approximately 100 magicians meet and attend professional lectures, exchange better ideas for routines, latest magic effects or moves, and spend a long evening together. These meetings are accompanied by refreshments, magic dealer booths and more.
The annual convention, the peak of the Society's activities, in which a national magician contest is held and the Israeli "Aluf" champion (Grand Prix) is selected. Lectures are given and a children's charity magic show is held along with other gala events that are opened also to the public.
Accommodating celebrated and well-known magicians from around the world. To this day, the Society hosted Juan Tamariz, Jeff Mcbride, Marc Salem, Michael Ammar, Patrick Page, Soma, the late Tommy Wonder, Bill Abbot, Syvester the Jester, El Maro, Terry Herbert, Henry Louis, Garry Kurtz, and many others.
Magician workshops in various subjects such as stage and close up performances, cards, telepathy, lectures on games, medical clowning, body language, sales, marketing and more.
Books and video library services, including selected scenes from the annual conventions.
Member of FISM, the International Federation of Magic Societies, holding close relationships with other magicians and magician societies worldwide.
Member of IUPA (known as EMI), the Israeli Union of Performing Artists.
Youth division activities: junior magicians aged 10 – 17 are professionally instructed by the graduate members.
The art of magic is a broad art and includes many different areas among them – the Stage Magic, including classic magic (doves and silks), Stage Illusions (David Copperfield's style), Manipulation magic and Kid's magic. Mentalism and Mind Reading are very popular in Israel. This is an emerging field (some associated with this field define themselves as illusion or imperceivable phenomenon makers rather that magicians), the Close Up magic which is the micro magic and involves cards, coins and other miniature objects, and finally, the Street magic, the magic that ordinarily uses common and simple objects. Magicians are artists with the sole purpose of entertaining their audience. The Society encourages the magicians to be creative, innovative and professional. In addition to the knowledge of magic, the art of magic involves a variety of skills such as acting and performing, psychology, memory, misdirection, sleight of hand, reading body language, and more. All audiences love magic. Magicians perform at children and family events, which have always been very popular. A new trend has developed in recent years of performing at adult social events, corporations and at exhibitions. Many Society members are professional magicians. Some do it for a living and others as their secondary source of income. The magicians come from all sectors of society and among them physicians, computer professionals, businessmen and executives, marketing and sales people, advertisers, graphic designers, accountants, electricians, teachers, alternative healers and many more.
Charity events: The Society of Magicians brings its magic to the community and encourages its members to volunteer for the community. Dahlia Pelled, president of the Society, produces and initiates an annual childrens' shows. While several commercial companies sponsor the event, the Society produces the show taking care of the necessary aspects such as the stage design, the lighting, amplification and sound systems, stage operation, transportation and refreshments for the kids and parents. The society initiates additional activities during the year, especially before the holidays. All members perform voluntarily.


Secretary-general says thousand more Russian troops have been deployed to the Ukrainian border.
Russia has resumed a military build-up near the Ukrainian border, the NATO secretary-general has said, calling the deployments "a very regrettable step backward".
Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Thursday that Moscow appeared bent on using its military to further intimidate Ukraine.
"I can confirm that we now see a new Russian military build-up - at least a few thousand more Russian troops deployed to the Ukrainian border, and we see troop manoeuvres in the neighbourhood of Ukraine," he said.
"If they're deployed to seal the border and stop the flow of weapons and fighters that would be a positive step. But that's not what we're seeing."
Rasmussen said "the international community would have to respond firmly if Russia were to intervene further".
Jack Lew, the US treasury secretary, said on Thursday that Russia must back the peace plan instead of destabilising the situation.
"We continue to urge Russia to work with Ukraine to reach a negotiated resolution to the current situation. But if Russia is unwilling to reverse course, the United States and the international community is prepared to impose additional cost," Lew said at a news conference in Berlin.
Petro Poroshenko, Ukriane's president, said on Thursday he would sign the "association agreement" with the EU on June 27.
He added that his new foreign minister, Pavlo Klimkin, would be sent to Luxembourg next week to lay out a peace plan for the country's restive east to EU ministers.
Referring to plans to sign the EU agreement, Poroshenko said: "That for which we have waited for so long will take place next week."
Meanwhile, Denis Pushilin, the leader of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic, said on Thursday that the pro-Russian fighters were significantly weaker than the Ukrainian army.
Speaking in Moscow, Pushilin said pro-Russian fighters were losing most of their battles with Ukrainian troops.
Pushilin also said the troops had another major advantage over pro-Russia separatists - the support of the West.


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Does Collagen Skincare Actually Make Your Skin Plumper?
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What Is Collagen? Benefits of Collagen for Skin Side Effects of Collagen
How to Use It Other Forms
It's impossible to talk about anti-aging skincare without certain ingredients coming up in the conversation, one of which being collagen. The reason for that? Among other roles, collagen is the most important structural protein in our skin and is responsible for giving us plump, youthful-looking skin. But thanks (or rather, no thanks) to aging and other outside factors, our collagen breaks down over time. In an effort to restore that collagen, we turn to whatever we can get our hands on the fastest, be it collagen creams, collagen-stimulating ingredients, collagen supplements—the list goes on. But with all the different forms and types of collagen skincare, things can get pretty confusing. To sort through the facts, we turned to board-certified dermatologists Jeannette Graf, MD, and Marie Hayag, MD, founder of 5th Avenue Aesthetics. Keep reading to find out everything you need to know about collagen, including which products (if any) are even worth trying.
Type of ingredient: Protein.
Main benefits: Moisturizes the skin.
Who should use it: Graf says in general, anyone interested in moisturization and anti-aging can use collagen skincare.
How often can you use it: Graf says topical collagen, as well as oral collagen, can be used on a daily basis. When applied to the skin, collagen can be used be morning or night or both as it's not sun-sensitizing.
Works well with: If your ultimate goal of using collagen skincare is to stimulate collagen production, Hayag recommends adding to your routine a retinoid or retinol (which she calls the gold standard for boosting collagen) or peptides and growth factors as a less irritating option that can help by acting as "messengers" to signal cells to create collagen. Hayag also recommends vitamin C (another collagen producer) and sunscreen with UVA protection to prevent your collagen from breaking down further.
Don't use with: In general, collagen is safe to use with most ingredients and topical products. "When you apply hydrolyzed collagen, it gets right into the skin and penetrates rapidly," Graf explains, and for that reason, she says it shouldn't interfere with any other product or ingredient.
Collagen is often referred to as the body's scaffolding, and the reason for that is because, as we mentioned above, it's the most important structural protein in your skin. Not only is collagen made in our bodies, but it can also be derived from plants and animals. It's available in topical and ingestible forms, and in the past, it was also a popular injectable (we'll dive deeper into the different forms a little later on). As far as topicals, collagen is found most commonly in creams (aka collagen creams), but depending on your intended goal, your collagen skincare products might not be as effective as you would think or hope.
Hayag says not only do we naturally produce less collagen starting in our 20's, but we also lose collagen with age and other factors, like sun exposure, smoking, or sugar. In other words, as we age, we lose more collagen than we make. So what's the fix? One idea is to apply collagen to the skin with collagen skincare in an attempt to replenish it, but here's why Graf says that doesn't quite work: simply put, the entire collagen molecule is very, very large, and way too big to penetrate the epidermis of the skin. However, as Graf explains it, hydrolyzed collagen is enzymatically broken down into fragments that have a delivery of getting into the dermis, and therefore, it's actually able to get into the position of where collagen would be. Even still, Hayag says not enough clinical testing has been done to support the idea that this would lead to making collagen.
Benefits of Collagen for Skin
According to Graf, putting collagen into your skin isn't going to stimulate other collagen, sadly enough. However, collagen is known for having great moisturizing benefits when applied topically, so if your nightly routine consists of applying a collagen cream, it's not a total loss. As Hayag puts it, topical collagen creams are said to improve fine lines and wrinkles by replacing the lost collagen, but in reality, the collagen mostly moisturizes it. Hayag says this can make the skin can feel softer and smoother, but as far as actually building collagen? Not so much.
Side Effects of Collagen
Despite the fact that your collagen cream, sadly, will not turn back time, Hayag says there's no harm in using one if you like the way it feels and the results you get. However, Graf points out that it's possible to be allergic to any molecule or any chemical in any skincare product, so if you have a reaction to it, stop using it. And the same goes for supplements. "I would probably recommend finding out where the collagen is derived from," Graf adds. "If someone is allergic to cows milk, then they probably should avoid collagen that comes from a cow."
Whether it's an ingestible or topical form of collagen skincare, Graf says you can use it any time of the day, morning or night. As a moisturizer, collagen cream can be applied either once or twice a day, according to Graf. For either form, it's best to follow the manufacturer's instructions.
As we mentioned before, collagen is also available in an oral form to improve hair, nails, and in the interest of this article, skin. Despite the claims, which range from glowing skin to improved wrinkles and skin elasticity, Hayag says the studies to back them up are limited; however, between collagen creams and collagen supplements, Hayag believes the oral version would be the most beneficial to the skin. With that said, there are things to keep in mind when selecting a product. As is the case with all supplements, oral collagen isn't FDA-regulated, which is why it's important to always consult your physician before making any changes to your regimen. In general, Hayag says to be wary of any products that contain animal by-products and look for supplements with collagen types I and III that comes from a cage-free, free-range, and antibiotic-free source.
So what's the final verdict? Do you actually need to be taking a collagen supplement? The answer isn't totally clear. According to Hayag, if you're eating a normal balanced diet that includes protein-rich foods, like meat, eggs, dairy, and beans, oral collagen supplements likely aren't necessary. Graf, on the other hand, says they could potentially be beneficial. "It does benefit the skin, but it also benefits other things internally, like joints, that a topical doesn't," Graf explains. And if you don't need it, well, Graf says your body won't absorb it and will excrete any over-supplementation.
Oh, and about those collagen injections. Circa 1980s, before hyaluronic acid fillers were the top choice, collagen injectable fillers were used to soften wrinkles and plump up lips. They've since been replaced by longer-lasting hyaluronic acid fillers, which Hayag says are less allergenic.
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Wolfgang Marrow make their Oppi debut
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How did you prepare for Oppi?
Cronje: We played a couple of shows before this and we kind of decided what songs would work the best for our set. We also wrote a new one just for Oppikoppi. I think you get sort of a set that suits certain environments and choose accordingly. So I think with Oppikoppi you go all out.
Are you excited for your first performance at Oppikoppi tonight?
Sandy: Ja, we did some dirty things to get here tonight, but we're proud of it and we have done dirtier things, so there's no shame.
Apart from your new song for Oppi, what can the audience expect from your performance tonight?
Sandy: We really put a lot of time into this set, so we've worked on the fillers [between songs]. I think we're at a point now where we are more certain of ourselves. Everyone has put a lot of money in on getting the best gear they can, not that gear makes the band.
Cronje: The difference between the best strings and average ones [can be huge]. It's special for us to get to play. We don't have a lot of gimmicks, it's just about the music.
What is your favourite song to perform?
Sandy: Our new one! It's brought out a whole other side [of us]. It's called "Lord black lungs". Louwki is a geologist, so it's about the mining sector and how the unions have become a sort of caretaker for the miners who have been failed by the government. We called it "Lord black lungs" because black lung is a big problem in the coal fields with the coal dust and we wanted to honour the unions looking out for those people. It also relates to Oppi with the dust and the Oppi lungs when you get back after Oppi. Just playing it in our rehearsal space, it has been the most fun one to play.
You recorded a music video for your song "Channel 199", dedicating it to Reeva Steenkamp. What influenced this?
Sandy: I just thought, as a South African woman, I related to the story. I think even though it's about Reeva, we meant it to be more generalised about the plight of women in South Africa especially. It is an issue that's often swept under the rug, so [the song] is a sort of lament to the heartache that many women have to deal with. We don't try to say that anyone is right or wrong, it's just tragic that it had to happen in the first place.
Cronje: Everyone kind of ignores Reeva and focuses on the case and Oscar, so you could
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